The heavy rain added to years of wear and tear by the tyres of buses and cars last week exposed old stone cobbles beneath the tarmac in Bridge Street outside Bradford Interchange. They were a reminder that this is one of Bradford's oldest roads which
People will have their own memories of the Spotted House pub just across Keighley Road from the Oak Lane end of Lister Park. Many younger Bradfordians will know it only as the Inn-Dian restaurant. One-time members of Bradford Junior Bowling Club and
Does anyone know anything about a character from Bradford's past known as "Champagne Sarah"? No, I don't mean Cockle Sarah, of whom more later. This lady was known as Champagne Sarah and she must have had a bob or two because the story has it that she
Is Bradford's Broadway scheme ever going to get off the ground? Like just about everyone in this city, I very much hope it does but fear that it might not - at least, not on the scale we've been led to expect. There's a new phenomenon which could undermine
SIR - On behalf of Baildon parish carol singers, I should like to thank the manager, staff and customers of Baildon Co-operative, Northgate, for the splendid result of our carol singing, on the two Saturday mornings before Christmas. More than £580 was
SIR - I have just witnessed a most appalling scene of what I can only describe as bullying that takes me back to my army days. I was visiting an old pal of mine at Bradford Royal Infirmary. A higher member of management was chastising members of staff
SIR - Bradford Citizens' Advice Bureau recently celebrated receiving a large lottery grant. There have been recent reports of organisations receiving various amounts from the lottery and of organisations applying for grants. The furore when John Major's
SIR - The coverage of the latest secondary schools league tables (T&A, January 11) shows once again the need for Bradford's children to do much better in literacy. Without this basic skill core' subjects are suffering, plus the chance to reap the cultural
SIR - While Rivendell has been wound up, I wish to make it clear that Dianne French will still be yard manager and will be available 24/7 as she has been for the past decade. Manure is still available for our regulars and anyone else interested can call
SIR - I have watched in open-mouthed amazement as the furore surrounding Celebrity Big Brother has unfolded. Sensible people are watching in deep embarrassment as senior Government ministers from two supposedly sophisticated, modern countries snipe at
Those watching the current series of Celebrity Big Brother might be forgiven for thinking that young people today have little or no awareness of the wider world around them, let alone an interest in making it a better place. Thankfully, Jade Goody et
Churchgoers and an Asian youth group are using sport to tackle developing relationships between the two. Great Horton Methodist circuit Youth Group and SURF (See Yourself Reaching Further) were due to take to the astro-pitch at Grange Technology College
Bradford Real Nappy Project is holding a Nappuccino' event at Khidmat Centre, in Spencer Road, Great Horton, Bradford. People can have a cuppa and chat to the project's staff and see their latest washable, cotton, nappies. Babies and tots are welcome.
Bradford Real Nappy Project are planning a Spring event to be held in Ilkley. No date has been fixed as yet, but it will be in Nappy Week between March 11-18. It will be arranged during school time so that it will just be for tots. The project promotes
Skipton Town Council is looking at making a Heritage Lottery bid to fund a project to refurbish historic Raikes Road closed burial ground.
Guests celebrated both the opening of a new classroom at the Wharfedale Montessori School in Bolton Abbey, near Skipton and also 100 years of Montessori education throughout the world. The first school was founded in Italy.
Police are appealing for anyone who may have seen a vehicle taking away £200 worth of stolen flagstones from Union Terrace in Skipton. The theft occurred between 6pm and 6.45pm on Friday, January 12. The Yorkshire stone was in the rear yard of the property
Oliver Lovatt, 11 of Bamlett Brow, Haworth, won a £50 hamper, the top prize in a colouring competition staged by the Poundland shop in Keighley's Airedale Shopping Centre. He is a pupil at Parkside School, Cullingworth.
The spending of £130,000 grant cash by 48 Keighley groups is being monitored by Keighley Voluntary Services. KVS, the support agency for Keighley's community and voluntary groups, has taken on a finance assistant to oversee the programme. June Walsh,
A service which supports pensioners in particularly those caring for others, is celebrating ten years in Keighley. The Advocacy Service for Older People helps over-sixties voice their needs, have their rights upheld and gain access to vital services.
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking representatives from Keighley and Ilkley to help make health service decisions. An election for the board of governors is to take place shortly, and the trust is holding a membership recruitment
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking representatives from Keighley and Ilkley to help make health service decisions. An election for the board of governors is to take place shortly, and the trust is holding a membership recruitment
Organisers of a gala are planning to go green this year. East Morton gala will have a recycling theme when it kicks off on July 15. The annual event will also retain its traditional feel, with stalls, games and a range of other activities, organisers
A twin brother and sister from the Worth Valley have taken a leap into the unknown by setting up a holiday apartment business in the Austrian Alps. Claire and Francis Hislop, 35, have built and furnished Haus Hislop', a chalet-style building containing
Keighley College has been praised by Government watchdogs for improvements made over the past year. The inspectors highlighted efforts to increase student attendance and improve the college's computer-based administration. Two inspectors, from Ofsted
Teenagers and their friends have raised more than £1,000 with a charity they founded to help a school in Kenya. The pupils at St Mary's School, Menston, originally set out to raise £750 to rebuild the school at Kilimani, Mombasa, by forming their own
A mother is calling for safety measures at a tarn, claiming that deep mud could pose a danger to small children. Nicola Powell, of Guiseley, wants warning signs or fencing to alert visitors to the potential danger at Yeadon Tarn. Mrs Powell spotted
Residents will be charged more for their parish council in the year ahead, town leaders have confirmed. Following last year's 55 per cent rise for householders, Ilkley Parish Council has agreed a further rise in its parish precept for 2007 to 2008.
Cadets at Ilkley's 1224 (Wharfedale) Squadron Air Training Corps (ATC) are celebrating after winning the Sir Douglas Bader Wings' Appeal Trophy for the highest per cadet average collection for the charity, the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA). Total
Sessions offering Pilates, yoga and body balance could be revived at the Sue Belcher Centre in Bracken Bank Avenue, Keighley. A teacher has been found for the planned class, on Mondays from 7pm to 8.30pm, and people are being recruited to take part. Alison
Talks are being held which could see the first Marks & Spencer store opened in Skipton - home town of one of the original founders of company. Developer Norman Simpson is in negotiations with M&S bosses about them occupying part of his former bus garage
Margaret Vesty will lead the Wharfedale Recorded Music on a Journey Into France on Wednesday January 31. The society will meet at St John's Church, Ben Rhydding, at 7.45pm. Call(01943) 601538.
A Bradford gym which underwent a £750,000 make-over was officially unveiled by a television star. Holme Wood-born, Jenny Metcalfe, 23, who plays Mercedes McQueen in Hollyoaks, attended Thornton Recreation Centre, on Leaventhorpe Lane, Bradford, to see
A 9/11 pressure group has invited the leader of a national movement to share his views on the September 11 terror attacks. The West Yorkshire Truth Campaign, which has previously brought high-profile speakers such as ex-MI5 whistleblower David Shayler
Pupils at Worth Valley Primary School in Keighley have been using their loaf. Mick Armstrong, bakery manager at the local Sainsbury's store, visited the school to demonstrate the art of bread making. Pupils then had the chance to try their own hand at
Detectives are hunting four muggers with a dog who robbed a young man in the street. The 24-year-old victim was walking in Back Lindum Terrace, Manningham, Bradford, when he was surrounded by four Asian youths, one of them holding a brown and white Staffordshire
School pupils at St Mary's RC School, Menston, held a talent show and spent a day in fancy dress to raise £12,500 for charity. The money will be divided between St Gemma's Hospice, Martin House Hospice, Cafod Catholic Care and the Mnyankanya High School
The mental state of a prisoner who was found hanging in his cell was never fully assessed, it was revealed yesterday Jurors gave their verdict at the end of a five-day inquest into the death of 33-year-old Richard Carter, from Haworth. Mr Carter, a
A premature baby boy who battled back to health in an incubator paid for by Telegraph & Argus readers is now a "healthy and strapping" student. Greg Buttrick was born with a weak spot on his chest causing him breathing difficulties on January 30, 1989
The General Dental Council has "expressed disapproval" of a dentist who made a "grave error" in sedating a 16-year-old girl alone and after hours at his surgery. Muzzafar Zaman, 41, offered her a trial run of a sedative before she had treatment at his
Children at an Aire Valley school have been stamping their artistic mark on local history. Pupils at Cottingley Village Primary School have been creating unique designs that will be seen for many years to come. The children's work, a modern-day style
A £400 million scheme to rebuild or refurbish every secondary school in the district remains on track, despite problems in other authorities. Bradford is one of 72 local authorities involved in the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. The
A four-month-old Keighley group for the disabled is meeting to assess progress and is inviting new members to go along. The meeting is at Keighley Disabled People's Centre, in Temple Row, on Monday, February 5 at 2pm. The Disabled People's Drop-in enables
The brother of a man who died in a crash along with his wife and sister says he has lost all faith in the British justice system after the Attorney General ruled not to increase the sentence of the lorry driver responsible for the deaths. Islam Akram
Two men appeared in court on drugs charges after a police operation in Bradford. The men, aged 24 and 20, both from Scunthorpe, were arrested on Thursday after an operation in Great Horton. They were charged with possessing heroin and possession with
Heavy flooding has led to calls for better drainage to be installed on a busy road. Last week's stormy weather saw two sections of the A659 Pool-in-Wharfedale to Otley road completely submerged. The worst-hit sections were east of Longlands Cottages
Bronte guardians are dusting down precious artefacts in preparation for the 2007 season at the Parsonage Museum in Haworth. Among items in a new exhibition will be a thimble and needlework box which were owned by Charlotte, author of Jane Eyre. Museum
A heartbroken son is offering a £1,000 reward for the return of family jewellery stolen in a raid at his home. Sukhbinder Singh returned home after visiting a relative to find his house had been broken into and around 30 bangles, necklaces, rings and
The Nappy Train (NT) has moved from Unit 3 in Manningham Lane, Bradford and is now at Carlisle Business Centre, in Carlisle Road, Manningham. NT is a service for Bradford and district which sells, launders and delivers real cotton nappies. Call 0845 230
Firefighters spent an hour at an engineering firm after a furnace overheated and caught fire. Crews from Bradford attended the premises of Federal Mogul, Neville Road, East Bowling, shortly before 4am today. An employee had put sand on the fire but
Life changing people who have given their all to better the lives of other Bradfordians can be nominated for public recognition through an awards scheme starting on Monday. Everyone nominated for a Community Harmony award will be invited to bring a friend
Budding children's author Chris Sandiford has beaten off thousands of other would-be writers in a competition to create the best bedtime story. Chris, 35, of Ford, Queensbury, has won through to the last 15 of the Once Upon a Bedtime story competition
Experts had to use heavy cutting and lifting gear to break up and retrieve the lorry which plunged off a bridge, killing its woman driver. The driver of the articulated vehicle, which crashed in high storms in Skipton, has been named as Christine Doran
Conservative leader David Cameron visited the district yesterday to launch a major new campaign to reconnect his party with northern England. During his visit to Keighley, Mr Cameron said he wanted British Muslims to contribute to a strong and cohesive
Tranmere 1 City 1 City's first night AD - after Deano - was not the Tayl of woe on the Wirral that some had feared. Gareth Taylor shocked the Bantams with a fortuitous early goal to put Tranmere in front at a blustery Prenton Park. But local boy Steve
Steve Schumacher hailed the pace of Jermaine Johnson after earning City a gutsy point at Tranmere last night. For the second away game running, the midfielder took full advantage of a Johnson assist to slot home his fifth goal of the season. City hit
